Willoughby Brian J
School of Family Life, Brigham Young University.
Youth Soc. 2014 May 1;46(3):425-440. doi: 10.1177/0044118X12436700.
Using a sample of 982 late adolescents and tracking them throughout young adulthood, this study investigated if marital attitudes held during the last year of high school were predictive of union transitions to both cohabitation and marriage during young adulthood. Results using both logistic regression and discrete event history models found that marital attitudes did not have significant associations with the transition to cohabitation but did significantly predict the probability of transitioning to marriage during young adulthood. Specifically, having a younger expected age of marriage and placing more importance on marriage at the end of adolescence was associated with an increased likelihood of transitioning to marriage earlier than other young adults.
本研究以982名青少年晚期个体为样本，并在其整个青年期进行跟踪调查，探究高中最后一年所持的婚姻态度是否能预测青年期向同居和婚姻关系的转变。运用逻辑回归和离散事件历史模型的结果表明，婚姻态度与向同居关系的转变没有显著关联，但确实能显著预测青年期向婚姻转变的概率。具体而言，预期结婚年龄较小且在青春期后期更重视婚姻，与比其他年轻人更早步入婚姻的可能性增加相关。
